At the Technology Convention hosted by the Auckland VHF Group this weekend, we had a chance to see KiwiSAT in operation. Fred ZL1BYP and Ian ZL1AOX arranged to bring the satellite in its "clean cabinet" to the convention so that the audience would have a chance (hopefully, a first and last chance) to see it. Ian had brought along his station (and dummy loads) and demonstrated commanding the satellite and collecting telemetry across the room.
I thought it was pretty exciting that they would go to the amazing effort (and risk, gulp :-) of bringing the satellite and its support equipment to the convention so that the rest of us could see it. The satellite is on the air from a well elevated site just south of Auckland... so hams in the area can try listening for it or even working through it during its final tests. Photo album: http://goo.gl/hY3Yi KiwiSAT: http://www.KiwiSAT.org.nz/ -- Jim Tittsler ZL2IA/AI8A/7J1AJH Te Anau GPG: 0x01159DB6 http://OnNZ.net/ham/ QRP/Satellites/APRS AMSAT-NA/AMSAT-ZL/NZART _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
